As unbelievable as this sounds, partner notification for STDs are coming to an e-card near you. When you can’t tell your partner face to face, inSPOT (sponsored by Internet Sexuality Information Services and the San Francisco Department of Health) will help you spread the word via a cute email, says US News and World Report
While the idea sounds a bit ridiculous and it’s hard to imagine receiving such news in one’s inbox, partner notification is key to stopping the unintended spread of STDs. If these cards prevent the anxiety of face-to-face notification and make it just that much easier to spread the word to the potentially infected, well so be it.
Let’s just hope Hallmark doesn’t get in on the action and start sending messages via those annoyingly funny Hoops and YoYo characters. That could be enough to throw the email away right there.
Summer Johnson, PhD